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Balvenie

Balvenie lies in the Convals in Dufftown. The distillery was built by William Grant just below Glenfiddich in 1892, sharing its water source, the Robbie Dhu springs, with its illustrious neighbour. Despite also having the same distiller, Balvenie is hugely different in character. It is one of the few Scotch distilleries to boast in-house floor maltings, utlilising locally hand-cut peat. The floor maltings at Balvenie also supply neighbouring Glenfiddich.

Over the last few years, Balvenie has become the ninth bestselling single malt and demand is growing. Since being first built, Balvenie has been continually under the ownership of William Grant & Sons, proprietors also of the two neighbouring Speyside distilleries Glenfiddich and Kininvie. An award-winning distillery, two bottlings from the core range, ‘PortWood 21 Year-Old’ and ‘DoubleWood’ took gold medals at the 1998 International Spirits Challenge and at the 1997 International Wine and Spirit Competition respectively.

The second chapter of Balvenie's extensive DCS Compendium looks at "The Influence of Oak". This bottling comes from said chapter - it was distilled in August 1997 and aged in a European Port puncheon… More info

A 1989 vintage single malt from Balvenie, initially aged in American casks before being allowed a finishing period in Port casks.
This bottle was part of a private collection - if you'd like more… More info

At the top of the Balvenie Triple Cask range sits the 25 Year Old. This incredible expression contains whiskies aged in traditional refill casks, first-fill ex-bourbon barrels and first-fill Oloroso… More info

A Gold Medal winner at the 2004 International Wine and Spirits Competition, this 30 year old Speyside single malt from Balvenie was matured in American oak and sherry casks before being bottled at… More info

David Stewart has done it again with this aged masterpiece, now in its fifth incarnation. This forty year old whisky comes from a vatting of three sherry butts and three American oak casks and makes… More info

The incredibly rare and super collectible Balvenie Founders Reserve, packaged in the iconic Cognac bottle.
This bottle was part of a private collection - if you'd like more detailed info and/or… More info

A very rare edition of Balvenie Founders Reserve. Packaged in a Cognac style bottle. The more recent edition of this has already become discontinued, this was even before that, that's how rare this… More info

A great 10 year old from Balvenie. Founder's Reserve is Whisky Magazine Recommended, Michael Jackson suggests this might be the most "honeyish of Speyside malts".
This bottle was part of a private… More info

This is an incredibly rare bottle of Balvenie Founder's Reserve - a legendary 10 year old packaged in a Cognac-style bottle. Bottled in the late 1980s, this rare edition even comes complete with a… More info

This 12 year old Balvenie was released in 2008 and was launched to replace the 10 year old Founders Reserve. This bottling was aged in first fill bourbon barrels and refill casks and sherry butts. More info

This is no ordinary Balvenie Single Barrel, oh no. This is a very old edition, distilled on the 14th August 1980, matured in cask number 9940 and bottled on the 21st September 1995. Rather rare… More info

Balvenie are one of the top Speyside distilleries, with a reputation for using some excellent casks to mature their whisky. Get a taste of five of their most fantastic expressions in the Balvenie… More info

The stunning second batch of Balvenie's Tun 1401, named after the favourite marrying tun of Balvenie's malt master, David Stewart. This is made using sherry and bourbon wood aged whiskies from the… More info

The Balvenie Tun 1401 was a very popular series for the distillery in Speyside, named after the favourite marrying tun of Malt Master David Stewart (the range has since evolved into the Balvenie Tun… More info

The Balvenie Tun 1401 is the almighty plaything of esteemed master blender David Stewart. The Balvenie Tun 1401 is a vat, which for the uninitiated is like a barrel on steroids... or imagine the… More info

After nine batches of their very popular Tun 1401 series, Balvenie decided a bigger marrying tun was needed. Tun 1509 holds four times as much liquid - ample room to marry their whisky together. This… More info

Ooh, the second batch of Balvenie Tun 1509 is here! The follow-up to the distillery's incredibly popular Tun 1401 series, Tun 1509 is made with a bigger marrying tun and continues to be absolutely… More info

David Stewart's new and larger plaything following the success of marrying tun 1401, Tun 1509 is now providing its third release! For this batch he selected 12 Sherry butts with vintages varying from… More info

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1892

William Grant rebuilds Balvenie New House to Balvenie Distillery (Glen Gordon was the name originally intended). Part of the equipment is brought in from Lagavulin and Glen Albyn.

1893

The first distillation is made in May.

1955

The distillery is modernized.

1957

The two stills are increased by another two.

1965

Two new stills are installed.

1971

Another two stills are installed and eight stills are now running.

1973

The first official bottling.

1982

Founder’s Reserve, in an eye-catching Cognac-reminiscent bottle, is launched.

1990

A new distillery, Kininvie, is opened on the premises.

1996

Two vintage bottlings and a port wood finish are launched.

2001

The Balvenie Islay Cask, with 17 years in bourbon casks and six months in Islay casks, is released.

2002

Balvenie releases 83 bottles of a 50 year old that has been in sherry casks since January 1952. Recommended price £6 000 a bottle.

2004

The Balvenie Thirty is released to commemorate Malt Master David Stewart’s 30th anniversary at Balvenie.

2005

The Balvenie Rum Wood Finish 14 years old is released.

2006

The Balvenie New Wood 17 years old, Roasted Malt 14 years old and Portwood 1993 are released.

2007

Vintage Cask 1974 and Sherry Oak 17 years old are released.

2008

Signature, Vintage 1976, Balvenie Rose and Rum Cask 17 year old are released.

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